@revista_internacional{815,
  keywords = {manufacturer selection, q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets, score function, Best-worst method, WASPAS},
  author = {Liming Xiao and Guangquan Huang and Witold Pedrycz and Dragan Pamucar and Luis Martínez and Genbao Zhang},
  title = {A q-rung orthopair fuzzy decision-making model with new score function and best-worst method for manufacturer selection},
  abstract = {Selecting the appropriate manufacturer is important in customized product development because a poor selection may delay the delivery schedule, increase costs, and even affect product quality. This selection task inherently involves ambiguous and imprecise information from decision-makers. The q-rung orthopair fuzzy (q-ROF) sets theory has been proven as a valuable instrument to model human uncertain expressions. However, the existing q-ROF score functions, an essential tool to rank q-ROF values, have some deficiencies, such as generating counterintuitive solutions and antilogarithm or division by zero problems. Furthermore, little research presented the modified best-worst methods (BWM) under q-ROF environments. Nevertheless, these models only generate crisp weights rather than q-ROF weights, which is against the original intention of the q-ROF BWM. To address these problems, this paper first introduces a novel q-ROF score function for measuring q-ROF values. A new q-ROF-BWM is then presented based on the q-ROF preference relations to determine the fuzzy criteria weights. Subsequently, an improved weighted aggregated sum product assessment (WASPAS) with q-ROF settings is presented. Based on them, an integrated q-ROF-BWM-WASPAS model is introduced to rank manufacturers. Additionally, a case study, sensitivity analysis, and several comparisons are conducted to illustrate and validate the usefulness of the developed model.},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Information Sciences},
  volume = {608},
  pages = {153-177},
  issn = {0020-0255},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020025522006557},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2022.06.061},
}